The Indy Fuel will open their 2026-27 ECHL season at home Friday, Oct. 16 against the Wheeling Nailers as part of a newly released 72-game schedule announced by the club Thursday.

The upcoming campaign marks the Fuel’s third season playing at the Fishers Event Center and the franchise’s 13th season overall.

Indy will play 36 home games in Fishers and 36 on the road. The regular season concludes Sunday, April 11, 2027 with the final game of a three-game road series against the Greenville Swamp Rabbits.

The Fuel begin the season with a demanding stretch of 15 consecutive games against Central Division opponents before heading to Atlanta in mid-November for a three-game set against the Gladiators. In all, 56 of Indy’s 72 games will come against division rivals.

Among the Fuel’s most frequent opponents will be the Bloomington Bison, who face Indy 13 times this season, including seven games at Fishers Event Center. The Fuel will also play 11 games against the Cincinnati Cyclones and eight each against the Fort Wayne Komets, Kalamazoo Wings and Toledo Walleye.

The home schedule includes visits from several non-division opponents, including the Florida Everblades, Allen Americans, Kansas City Mavericks, Greenville Swamp Rabbits and Trenton Ironhawks.

As in previous seasons, the schedule is heavily weighted toward weekends. Sixty-three of the Fuel’s 72 games will be played on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, with only nine weekday contests scheduled. Indy will face 13 stretches involving three games in three days.

Weeknight home games Monday through Friday are scheduled for 7:15 p.m. faceoffs. Saturday home games will begin at 7 p.m., while Sunday contests are set for 4 p.m. The lone exception is a special 10:30 a.m. game on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

The Fuel are the ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks and the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs.

Review the full Schedule at this link.